Cranial Complications Following Dental Infection

Abstract

Intracranial spread of infection deriving from the teeth is a rare but life-threatening complication, as described by Partsch (1900) and others at the beginning of this century. Nowadays, due to early antibiotic treatment, we observe central nervous complications of dental infection in the form of pyogenic meningitis or brain abscess only seldom. In recent years six representative cases (see Table 1) have been observed among the patients of our clinic.